Fly swatter



MaI'Ch 1.9,v 1929. v G. A *MAHARG 4 1,705,872

FLY swATTER Filed Sep. 16, 1927 Patented Mar. 19, 19279.V

UNITED STATES PATENT orifice-f f vGEORGE A. MAHARG, or Moose -TAW, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

Fili? sWATTER.

Appleationled 4Septembini 16, 1927. SeriaINoi. 220,035.

The invention relates to improvements in' Hy swatters and an object of the invention is to provide a swatter mounted on the'entrance door of a building, and adapted to be actuated toV kill or scare the iiies n congre gated at the outer side of the door and ar- 'l ranged so that one can operate .the swatter from eitherjthe inside or the outside of the door prior to opening. the same.V

A further object is to position the swattei" adjoining the upper .part of the door where the majority of flies congregate and to position the hand grips which actuate the swatter at the inner and outer sides of the door and in a location radjoining the usual view, the invention consists essentially in the arrangement andv construction'of parts hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to thek accompanying drawing, in which o Figure 1 is an exterior .view of a screen door with my device applied thereon.

Figure 2 is an enlarged-detailed vertical sectional view at 2-*2 Figure 1, certain parts being shown in side elevation.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view at 3-3 Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the hinge and associated parts. i

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. v

This swatter is designed to bev mounted on the exterior of the entrance door lof a building, such as on the screen door of a house, and it is intended that the swatterbe actuated when desired by one ventering or coming out of the house in order to killand scare the nies and'other insects which usually congregate aroundl the top of thedoor in a loca-tion adjacent the frame lintel.

The screen door 1 is of the customary type, being hinged at 2 to vthe frame 3 and being supplied with the usual opening handle 4; In alocation adjacent the top of the door and at the hinged side thereof I locate a bearing 5, which supports rotatably one end of a cross shaft 6, the other end of the' 'shaft being received rotatably within the eyes 7 and 8'of a hinge wing 9, the wing being fastened in the` usual manner by screwsl 10 to the door. A lever forming, second hinge wing 11 is provided" and-this has the eyes 12 and 13 thereof mounted on the shaft in a location between the eyes 7 and 8 and the said eyes 12 and 13 are fastened tothe shaft by pins 14 and'15. ,K f'

Thegswatter 16 which I provide iscarried by and secured to the shaft Yand takes norlinally a down-hanging position as best shown in Figure 1. The swatter is formed from a number of similarsuitably spaced spring wire rods 17, Which have their upstrip 18, to which they are permanently at# tached, such by soldering or welding. On the'rod 6 I mount'an attaching strip ,'19,

per ends received within a channel shaped which is bent'aro'u'nd the rod and has the ends thereof spacedapart and receiving the strip 18. Comparativelysmall bolts 20'are utilized to fasten the strip 18 to 19 and the 'j arrangement is such that' by' undoing these bolts onecanreadily remove the swatter for repair vor other purposes.k The strip l9"-is fastenedI permanently to the shaft by-suitthe shaft between the eyes 12 rand V13 and Y have one `end engaging thel door and the other end overlying the wing 11. The swatter extends across the door screen and the length of the rods 17 is such that when the swat-ter is swung upwardly it will strike the upper partof thedoor andv kill and scare any flies or other insects at such point.

To operate the swatter I provide the parts now described. To the wing 11 I fasten one end of a pulling vline 23, and the pulling line is passed first through a hole 24 formed in the door above the wingand then downwardly through a guide tube 25 suitably secured as by staples 26 to the inner side of the door. The lower end of the pulling line, which extends downwardly beyond the tube, is provided with a hand grip 27. A second pulling line 28 is passed through an inclined hole 29 provided in the door and has the inner end fastened at 30 to the pulling line 23 and the outer end provided with a hand grip 31. The grips 27 and 31 are at the inner and outer sides of the door respectively and are lpositioned so that they are within convenient range of the hand when one is entering or going out of the building. I have shown them in a location just above the hand grip 1. I have found that a piano wire serves very effectively as a pulling line.

The guide tube 25 is not essential, as it simply keeps the wire from -flapping at the inner side of the door. The device is used in the following way. It one is entering the building and there are flies or other insects congregated on the upper part oit the door he will grasp the hand grip 31 and give it a pull before opening the door. This will cause the swatter to iiy up and strike the upper part of the door and kill or scare the flies. The door can then be opened and there will be small possibility of flies entering the building.

If one is going out of the building he will pull the grip 27, which operates from the interior to actuate the swatter.

I have indicated at 32 the customary spring' catch attached to the traine and utilized for releasably holding the lscreen door shut, but as such forms no part ot my inA ventioii I have not considered it necessary to give a detailed description thereof.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with the door ot a building, of a iyswatter extending transversely ot the door and pivotally carried thereby and pulling grips located at the inside and at the outside of the door and connected to the swatter` and adapted, when pulled, to cause the swatter to strike the door.

2. The combinationwith the entrance door of a building, of a swatter crossing the upper part of the door at the exterior and pivotallycarried thereby, and presenting a plurality of normally downwardly eXtend-' ing spring rods and a pulling line connected* to the swatter and passing slidably through the door above' the swatter and having the end thereof terminating at the inner side et the door in a hand grip, and a second pulling line attached to the former pulling line and extending downwardly slidably through the door and having the outer end thereof terminating in a hand grip.

ll. The combination with the entrance door of a building, of aV swatter extending transversely across the upper part of the door and having the ends thereof pivotally carried thereby and embodying a plurality` et extending suitably spaced springrods, hanging normally downwardly, a downhanging lever attached to the swatter, a pulling line secured to the lever and extending slidably through the door in a location above the lever and having the inner "end thereof terminating in a hand grip, a second pulling line secured tothe :former pulling line at the inner side of the door, said second pulling line passing slidably through the door to the exterior thereof and terminating in a hand. grip, 4said hand grips when pulled being adapted to cause the swatter to toreibly strike the upper part of the door and a spring associated with the swatterand adapted to return the same. to its downhanging position after it has stijucl' the door. y

Signed at Moose J aw, Sask., this 20th day of July, 1927.

Gironde n. Mai-inne. 

